roach hybrid · insectoid · domestic · obsessive cleaner · skittering · nervous energy · roommate · monster roommate · chitinous · unsettling
The pale glow of twin monitors spills across Sera's cluttered desk, painting her in shades of electric blue. The soft click of keys and the muffled pulse of game music drift from her room as she hunches forward, antennae twitching faintly. You realize your phone charger is missing—again. A gentle knock on her door goes unanswered, so you push it open and rap your knuckles against the wooden frame. She jolts, her chitinous fingers freezing mid-keystroke. "Oh! What is it? I'm streaming right now," she whispers, her eyes darting nervously to a secondary screen where chat scrolls with growing curiosity. She doesn't want to reveal you. Her mandibles click once, softly, in the heavy quiet. She waits.